in, in rows about 6 inches apart. Roots (as the tubers an ii 

 which have been about a week dug are found to be best for planting. 



The time of planting depends very much on the exigencies of the 

 estates; laadt ted to M come in " or be 



ripe for reaping at such time as tl i cultivation 



would allow of being manufactured without damage to either. Here, 

 of e<mrse, comes in a difficulty for the planter; a very dry season will 

 bring jill hi- arrowroot ripe together about January or February, and 



either before or after it is properly ripe. 



In wet weather, two or three weeks after planting le;ives begin to 

 show above ground, three weeks later the plants are sufficiently grown, 

 as are also the weeds, to be weed. 1 by women, 



whose duty it is to pull up and collect in heaps everything growing 



: eerfain kind-- of Weed- have to he Ions,. tied 

 with -mall hoes. Three, to four weeks later, by which time it is pre- 

 sumed that all the "bits" which were capable of growing have grown 

 and shown leaves, the busine-- of si : ftl W, spaces 



About six v. - again require weeding, 



the weeds being left on the surface and the plants lightly moulded up. 

 After this, at interval- as required, the land is weeded, the more 

 quickly the arrowrool grows, and -o covers ihe ground, the -mailer the 

 number of we ling- !>, ing re.piired. After supplying, three weedings are 

 generally sufficient, it being very essential to proper cultivation to keep 

 it free from weeds. 



The arrowroot ripens in 10 to 12 months from time of pla 

 -how- that it is ripe b\ '• lulling," t hat i-, the leaves dry and the stalks 

 bend at the root till the whole lies on the ground. 



Some fields mature sooner than others, eight months' of growth being 

 in some few places suffic ing, at the same time, a 



good yield ; other-, again, take full 12 months. 



The arrowroot plant doe- not. require over-much rain, this tending to 

 produce leave- and not root which is what is wanted, and with our 

 seasons the growth appears to continue until the rains stop, the ripening 

 following closely on the cessation of the rains, an early heavy rainfall 

 during, or towards the close of, the dry season materially reducing the 

 yield of arrowroot, on account of the roots " springing " and throwing 

 -hoots, the roots then containing more water than starch. 



The only manure ever used at Owia i- farmyard manure laid on 



The process of reaping is : In fields where there i- 



growth of leaves the stalks are cul abourers are 



put in with hoes, who dig out, the roots in breadths, each labourei 



roots dug at one side t kg off the top 



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